Wednesday, February 28, 2007

February doldrums and a blogger's block just wouldn't let me write a proper review today. In an attempt to cheer up myself and to perhaps jump-start the part of my brain (such as it is) that is responsible for my creativity (such as that is), I decided to compile yet another wish list. The following are the random scents I discovered and realized I urgently needed by idly browsing online perfume stores.

Parfum1 is selling Yves Rocher Ispahan, $39.95 for 2.5oz. Seeing it there brought back the memories of being in my last year of high school and crazy in love...As far as I remember it, Ispahan smelled very dark, very rich, a dangerous, wicked potion. I am very tempted to buy it.

Cambridge Chemists offer Czech and Speake Oxford & Cambridge, $100.00 for 100ml. The scent has been on my To-Try list for ages, and although I suspect it might be too sharp for my taste, I am itching to buy it unsniffed. I miss Oxford...And I have this silly idea that wearing Oxford & Cambridge would miraculously help me achieve the posh, plummy English accent I always wanted. Wishful thinking. If living in the UK for five years haven't done it, no lavender perfume ever would. I am forever stuck with what Mr. Colombina calls "a cute Russian accent" (yeah, whatever). Still, mustn't grumble.

B-glowing offers an intriguing new tuberose fraghrance, Voluspa Tuberosa Agave, $24.00 for 16.5ml. With notes of Mexican tuberose, blue orris, coconut milk, musk and vetiver, it sounds jolly good (I can at least pretend I speak with a posh English accent, can't I?) and makes me think that it might be slightly reminiscent of Tubereuse Couture and Noix de Tubereuse, both of which I love.

Your Cosmetics now has in stock some new Esteban scents. I was underwhelmed by Sensuelle Russie, a.k.a Ambre Narguile Lite, but I am curious about Douceur Balinaise (bergamot, cardamom, nutmeg, musk, jasmine, ylang ylang, lotus flowers, iris, sandalwood). It sounds like it might turn out to be the kind of spicy floral that I like, it is cheap ($38.00 for 100ml!), and the packaging is super-cute...Being bored and feeling blue is dangerous for one's wallet.

Also at Your Cosmetics is Antica Farmacista's Tuberose, Hyacinth and Lily of the Valley, a scent I meant to try for a while now. I've been wearing their Casablanca every day for the last month, and, as a newborn White Floral Lover, I have my hopes high for this luscious-sounding bouquet. $58.00 for 50ml.

Luckyscent got new Profumums, and Dulcis, which they describe as "dessert at its irresistible best: whipped cream being licked off fingers, fits of giggles fueled by liqueur, suggestive whispers over shared spoonfuls", sounds lovely if rather overpriced and possibly reminiscent of my beloved Psychedelic by Rich Hippie. Having said that, on this bleak Wednesday morning I feel that $195.00 might not be too high a price to pay for a fit of giggles.

And some more hibiscus on my wish list (I blame Chanel No 18!) is courtesy of Strange Invisible Perfumes Galateaat Barney's. I grew up reading Greek myths and you can sell me almost anything if you give it a mythological name ...and add some hibiscus.

47 Comments:

I know what you mean! I have been compiling a wishlist myself. My current one includes: a full bottle of Bel Respiro, Chanel No 19 EDP, Kenzo Flower, and Hermes Hiris. I am sure that I can think of a few other things. :)

I have a short wish list this week: mostly that I can get rid of this freaking flu (fever, chills and strangely, weight gain) so that my scents can smell normal. Oddly, with a head full of mucus and a fever, the Human Existence I decanted for Patty seems quite wearable, while Chene seems oddly burnt.

If I hadn't sent in a review earlier of SKY, there might have been nothing from me this week, which is of course a panic to you all.

It's been raining a lot here. I guess that's gloomy. My current wish list is as follows:Andy Tauer Maroc pour ElleNuit de Noel extraitMona di Orio Nuit NoireSerge Lutens Chene (I'll take a decant)Then there are the many, many samples I want.

Does Ispahan have rose in it? It should. There's a fragrant rose called 'Isphahan.'

I am working very hard at keeping my list of lemmings shorter than the dictionary. Sadly, I just added a few on reading your list. Ispahan (well, different spelling)was one of my father's favorite cities. Can't resist it and the price is right. I keep trying to resist Galatea, but it really is lovely. And Casablanca is calling my name. Will have to shift to saying I want it shorter than an unabridged edition.Tom - hope you feel better soon!

Your wishlists are dangerous Marina! I want about four of the ones you listed. How about you just get one of that wishlist to satisfy the cravings and soothe the doldrums? :-) (Are you still on a nobuy?)

Vika,I want Bel Respiro too! Do you know, Kenzo Flower has no smell on me...all this years it's been on the market, and still I don't know what it is like, because I seriously can't smell it. I understand one might have "olfactory blindness" for a musk, but the whole scent? Bizarre, no? :-)

Kelley,Buying something to shorten a wishlist is as good an excuse as any :-)Those new PGs are on my list too now, especially the Blond one. There is yet to be a perfume Blond(e) that doesn't work for me :-)

It is such a weird day here today - blue sky one minute, cold gusty wind the next then lashing rain. Still it's March tomorrow and although the weather can be just as horrid March has HOPE I feel. I recently made a new wishlist. Right now at the top is Cristalle EDT, Diorling (both for the summer) then Nahema parfum which I cannot believe I have missed all these years. And some PGs. (have discovered today that First in Fragrance ships to the UK! so not such a bad day after all!) and I have some samples coming from Les Senteurs. When they arrive, well, as my brother would say, turned out nice again.

um, M, let me think: you don't like Putain very much do you ;) I also wasn't sure on your opinion as far as Paris is concerned... so you could say it was a bit of a tricky question ;)and the gloomy Greta is indeed fab.

I'm getting samples of SL A la Nuit, AG Songes, and Mona di Orio Orio and Nuit Noire. Went on a bit of a white flower rampage. Wish I'd added TDC Jasmine now after the review on the Posse today! And as for Psychotrope....

Good Morning M! Sorry you're feeling blue. Making a wishlist is a sure-fire way to pull yourself out and what lovely items you picked! I tried Dulcis when I was in LA a few weeks ago and although I didn't think it FBW ($$??), it definitely could inspire a fit of giggles - a very happy, luscious scent. I also know exactly what you mean by blogger's block. I think I get it every day. It changes when I start writing.

I'm going to say something now that will shock you. I don't have a wishlist right now. My only wish is to send samples and decants to friends to scale down my collection! Samples of new fragrances will suffice until I feel my collection is more manageable. I have never, in my 20 years of collecting fragrance, said that. And it will probably change next week! Ha!

I really don't know what my wishlist is. I feel like I need something from Guerlain with their even coming up at BG but what? I also feel like I maybe need a bottle of CF Cashmere for Men but not itching. Right now I'm most excited to try the new PGs, I think. Oh! I know what I want! I want a bottle of old Violette Precieuse. Sigh.

Just to cheer myself up, I've just swapped a 2/3 full bell jar of Fumerie Turque (which no longer works for me - I'm not sure why, but I plan to investigate and write about it) for a bottle of Querelle (not yet sniffed, but hey, life is about risks). I kept a decant of FT, for regular sniffage. I will never need a bottle, but I always need a few mls around.

I've been fighting a bad cold too, two days in bed sniffling, only just emerged for Le Parfum de Thérèse...My wishlist is simple: it's spelled Chanel. Cuir de Russie, Bois des Iles, 31 rue Cambon, Bel Respiro, N°18... And Divine's Divine... And Lipstick Rose... Am on a no-buy too -- it's literally that or eating, so I'm just gritting my teeth and waiting for my birthday in three weeks. Karl, can you hear me?

My wish list is too long, far too long... But as it is, I haven't run out of any of my samples, so I don't need bottles... yet... So my wishlist is mostly more and more samples of as of yet untried scents.But from the top of the head, some that I feel I will need bottles of eventually... Tauer L'air du desert marocainGuerlain JickyChanel Cuir de RussieHistoires des Parfums Marquis de SadeCaron Tabac BlondMontale Aoud cuir d'arabie and/or Black aoudComme des Garcons Sherbet Rhubarb (my first real perfume crush)And oh so many more...I tried Dulcis in Fundo and it smells like candied orange peel with powdered sugar and vanilla. Very lovely if you go for that gourmandy comfort scent thing. But I DO think you could get a very similar "orange creamsicle" scent for a tenth of the price or less...

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